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Two Indonesians arrested in Mecca for forging Malaysia’s Nusuk cards, violating Haj rules and sheltering visit visa holders
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca today for the start of a haj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in exhausting summer heat. — AFP pic

MECCA, May 13 — Security patrols in Mecca arrested two Indonesian residents for committing fraud by publishing advertisements for fake and misleading Hajj campaigns, promoting counterfeit Nusuk Hajj cards, and violating Hajj regulations.

According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), they committed the fraud by sheltering 23 visitors holding various types of visit visas in a building in Mecca.

The residents were detained, legal measures were taken against them, and they were referred to the Public Prosecution, while those they sheltered were referred to the competent authority to apply the legally prescribed penalties against them. — Bernama-SPA

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